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“What might this be?” With these few words a person is introduced to one of the most fascinating techniques in all of psychological assessment, the Rorschach. Developed by a Swiss psychiatrist, Hermann Rorschach (1884–1922), the test consists of ten abstract inkblots that are shown one at a time to the subject, who reports what is seen. The task may seem rather innocuous, but in the hands of a trained clinician, it can yield a veritable gold mine of information about personality style and structure, quality of thinking and affect, diagnostic issues, and can also facilitate in treatment planning and evaluation. In brief, what at first blush may seem to be a parlor game that hinges on imagination is actually a very sophisticated and complex way to examine the psychological world of patients and others deemed appropriate for evaluation.
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Schneider, B.A. (2001). Rorschach Inkblot Technique. In: Dorfman, W.I., Hersen, M. (eds) Understanding Psychological Assessment. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1185-4_5
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